bovillus

Latin

Etymology

From bōs (“cow, bull, ox”), possibly via bovīnus +‎ -lus. Compare ovīllus, suīllus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /boˈu̯iːl.lus/, [boˈu̯iːlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /boˈvil.lus/, [boˈvilːus]

Adjective

bovīllus (feminine bovīlla, neuter bovīllum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rare) of or pertaining to cattle, cows, oxen or bulls.

Usage notes

• In Aureate prose bovillus is used only by Livy in the text of a referendum put during the Punic Wars at the behest of the Pontifex Maximus relating to a sacrifice. Livy uses būbulus in a more general context, as do other writers including Cato the Elder.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bovīllus	bovīlla	bovīllum		bovīllī	bovīllae	bovīlla
genitive	bovīllī	bovīllae	bovīllī		bovīllōrum	bovīllārum	bovīllōrum
dative	bovīllō	bovīllae	bovīllō		bovīllīs
accusative	bovīllum	bovīllam	bovīllum		bovīllōs	bovīllās	bovīlla
ablative	bovīllō	bovīllā	bovīllō		bovīllīs
vocative	bovīlle	bovīlla	bovīllum		bovīllī	bovīllae	bovīlla

Synonyms

• būbulīnus
• būbulus
• bovīlis
• bovīnus
• bovārius

 

Related terms

• bōs
• bovārius
• bovātim
• bovicīdium
• bovīlla
• bovīnus
• būbalus
• būbīle
• Būbōna
• bubsequa
• būbula
• bubulcārius
• bubulcitō
• bubulcus
• būbulīnus
• būbulus

 

References

• “bovillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bovillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bovillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.